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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

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Livni and Rivlin Denounce Threats Against Chareidi MKs
By G. Lazer

The wave of threats continued on Tuesday, when rabbonim and public figures in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak received envelopes that contained an unidentified powder and letters filled with offensive remarks.

Halimi Trial: Juror Faints at Sight of Torture Videos
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

According to leaks during the trial of the 18 defendants suspected of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a young Parisian Jew Ilan Halimi, this time the court president is going into detail rather than trying to whitewash the affair, like in the first trial. The trial is being held in the Jewish suburb of Cartier behind closed doors, but Jewish radio reports regular provide details from the attorneys for both Halimi and the defendants.


HaRav Nosson Gestetner zt"l
By A. Cohen

Thousands of Bnei Brak residents, roshei yeshivos, rabbonim, morei tzedek and admorim were on hand Sunday at the levaya for HaRav Nosson Gestetner, the Gavad of the Agudas Yisroel neighborhood in Bnei Brak for 50 years, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponim Meiros and author of over 60 seforim on a range of Torah subjects.


Rabbonim Urge Public to Block 'Chareidi News Lines'
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Gedolei Yisroel, including Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv shlita, are promoting a "tikkun godol" in response to one of the stumbling blocks of our day and age: home phone lines with access to numbers that have a corrupting impact and have claimed many victims.


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